I feel the same way about my 2nd Gen 9300 and the 8th Gen Kuro I sold to afford it. Even with slight banding, silhouetting, the dreaded curve and less than stellar motion, the immersion of the PQ far...

Interesting theory and just as good as any other out there right now. It is definitely a physical defect. NO amount of firmware updates will affect this and you can't "calibrate it out" as some have...